Car-mover.



E. T. MUBRIDE.

OAR MOVER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29, 1910.

983,154., v Patented Jan.31, 1911.

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EDWIN THOBI f3 MoBR-IDE, OF LA FAYETTE, LOUISIANA.

GAB-MOVER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I EDWIN T. lVloBRIDE. l

a citizen of the United States, residing at La Fayette, in the parish ofLafayette and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Car- Movers; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to improvements in car movers of the pinch bartype, whereby a car is shifted along a track by manual operation.

The object of the present invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which is simple and cheap in construction and effective inoperation, and provides means whereby the pinch bar may be shiftedlaterally in case there is any obstruction to the operation of the bar.

Another object of the invention is to pro- 'vide a sanding deviceforming a part of the shoe and cooperating therewith to prevent the shoeor support for the pinch bar from slipping, and while the invention isnot restricted to the exact details shown and described, to more fullyunderstand same reference is had to the accompanying drawings andfollowing specification forming a part of this application anddisclosing a practical and preferred embodiment of the invention.

In the drawings like parts are designated by the same characters in theseveral views, of which Figure 1 is a view in side elevation showing myinvention applied to a car wheel, the car wheel and pinch bar beingbroken away for simplicity of illustration. Fig. 2 is a centrallongitudinal sectional View through my improved device with the sand boxcover open. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the invention with the pinch barthrown to one side, and Fig. 4. is a cross sectional view on the line 1%of Fig. 3.

1 designates a rail of a car track, and 2 the wheel of a piece ofrolling stock.

3 is a shoe comprising a flat metal base having depending sides lforming a groove or channel to fit over the tread of a rail, said shoebeing also provided with a forwardly projecting tongue 5, and at itsrear with a sand box comprising front and rear walls (3 and 7, andinclining side walls 8 having Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Qctober 29, 1910.

Patented Jan. 31,1911. Serial No. 589,818.

outer edges projecting laterally beyond the end walls and forming guidesfor a cover 10, the side edges of which are bent over, as at 11, to formgrooves receiving the edges 9 of the side walls.

12 designates an aperture in the base 3 of the shoe and is shownconical, the upper or restricted end of the aperture registering with anopening 13 through the bottom or joinder between the side walls of theV- shape trough, this opening being preferably located forward of thesand box and approximately centrally of the shoe.

The bottom of the sand box is slightly spaced from the top of the shoe,providing an opening 14 in which is operated a flat valve 15, preferablyof spring metal, and adapted to hold itself against displacement in itsopen or closed position. One end of the valve is pivoted to the shoe bymeans of a screw 15 and the other end is provided with a thumb pieceoperating same beneath said opening 1?). Immediately forward of the sandbox is mounted a rotatable plate 16 on the top face of the shoe, andthis plate is connected with the shoe by means of the pivot 17, whichmaybe either stationary or rotatable itself. Projecting upwardly from therotatable plate is a pair of lugs or ears 18 spaced apart, and betweenwhich is disposed the lower end of a pinch bar 19 pivotally connectedtherewith by means of the pivot pin 20.

The operation will be obvious from Fig. l, the shoe being placed on arail is slid along with a projecting tongue 5 beneath the wheel and withthe pinch bar in engagement with the wheel tread as shown. Uponoperating the pinch bar the car is moved forwardly when the shoe is slidalong the track, and the sanding device being open sand is delivered tothe upper surface of the rail and prevents the shoe from slipping.Should any obstruction be met which would prevent the pinch bar fromoperating the same may be slightly swiveled to one side or the other,enabling it to be properly manipulated.

Having thus described a practical and preferred embodiment of theinvention, the particular features of novelty will now be pointed outmore succinctly in the following cl aims 1. In a car mover, thecombination of a shoe having guiding flanges, a pivoted pinch bar at theforward end of the shoe and a sand box at the rear end of the shoe, saidsubstantially as described.

sand box and shoe base being provided with vice carried by said shoe anddelivering sand registering apertures spaced apart, and a beneath same,substantially as described. 10 gate or valve for controlling saidapertures, I In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence oftwo witnesses.

EDWIN THOMAS MCBRIDE. Vitnesses CHAS. OLIVER, DAN ABAOUM.

2. In a car mover, the combination of a shoe provided with guidingflanges, a pinch bar pivotally mounted on said shoe to swing verticallyand laterally, and a sanding de-

